This is an analysis of the poem To M. S. G. that begins with:

Whene'er I view those lips of thine,
Their hue invites my fervent kiss; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdXd efef ghgh aeae igig caca jhjh fbfb eXej
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 100111101 11011101 11011101 010010001 100110111 11110101 10010110 11110001 01011101 11010101 11011111 11110101 11111111 11110111 11111101 011101001 11110101 01010101 11011101 110101110 110101001 10011111 01110101 10110101 10111101 11011101 10110101 110100101 11111111 11111101 11001101 11110111 11110101 11111101 10011111 11011101 11011101 11011110 110011111 11011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 151
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

    The author used the same words whene'er, yes at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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